The document outlines an orientation agenda for a competency-based education pilot program starting in March 2015, emphasizing key details such as student support, mastery of explicit competencies, and an online self-paced learning structure. It discusses the pilot colleges involved, the target student demographic, and introduces the program's faculty and course list. Additionally, resources and a to-do list for participants are provided to facilitate engagement and collaboration.

1. CBE Orientation
March 2015

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Agenda
• Introductions
• Contact Information
 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VTISDkuQsT9v
sBe0TCdQR6i3ZJyHQBnRkKuOWB7PmM/edit?usp=sharing
• Next meetings
• Overview of CBE pilot program
• Q & A

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Lumen Orientation
• Wednesday, March 25 1:30 PST
• Next CBE staff meeting:
 2:00 Mondays?
 Other times better?
 All meetings are online

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Competency-Based Program Pilot
• Students must demonstrate mastery of
explicit competencies to receive credit
• Students receive constant support based on
their individual learning needs
• Learning, not time, is the determining factor
Adapted from Christensen Institute

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Strategic Choices
• Which degree and discipline?
• Where to offer the degree option?
• Which students to target?
• What role(s) do instructors play?
• How does this fit relative to other available degrees
and programs?
• How transparent to make the program structure,
process, content?

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The Goal
• Competency-based
• Completely online
• Self-paced
• Openly-licensed (OER)
• Six-month term
• Multiple start dates
• FTE tuition ($2667 plus fees)
• Available March 2015
A Business
Transfer
Degree:

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Pilot Colleges
• Columbia Basin (lead)
• Bellevue
• Centralia
• Everett
• Olympic
• Pierce College Ft.
Steilacoom
• Pierce College Puyallup
• Tacoma

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Target Population
Demographic Shifts
• Fewer 15-19 year-
olds coming up
• Growth in 20-44
year-olds
Needs &
Opportunities
• Nearly 1 million
Washingtonians
with some college,
no degree
Focusing Event: SBCTC Legislative Presentation, Jan. 2014
https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&
documentId=EDi-X3rydFI&att=false

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The History
• Western Governors University supported colleges in
developing CBE certificate programs
 Spokane Falls
 Edmonds
 Columbia Basin
 Bellevue
• System work group developed a plan endorsed by
WACTC (system presidents) in March 2014

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Getting the Right People, Right Roles
1. Student Profile: Some college or work experience
2. Advisors: “Intrusive” advisors at each college
3. Completion coaches: Encourage progress; remove
barriers (hired centrally for pilot)
4. Teaching faculty: Instructors within discipline who
teach and assess (hired centrally for pilot)

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Who We Are
• 34 colleges
• Operate as a
system
• 160,000+ student
FTEs annually

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Why Pilot as a System?
Build on Existing Assets
• Strong transfer
agreements
• Shared course system
(WAOL)
• Shared LMS (Canvas)
• Common eLearning tools
• Western eTutoring
Consortium
• AskWA
Optimize Shared
Resources
• Share initial
development costs
• Share staffing to support
self-paced students
• Centralize hiring, staffing
for pilot program
• Students “belong” to
college where they enroll

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First Faculty Cohort
• English
• Math
• Accounting
• Economics & Business Law
Full-time
Faculty (4)
• Sociology
• Political Science
• Geology
• Biology
• Public Speaking
• Art
Adjunct
Faculty (6)
Teaching
Faculty Role:
• Content
Alignment
• Assessment
Design
• Instruction
• Grading

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Business Transfer Degree:
Course List
ENGL 101 English Composition I
ENGL 102 Composition II
MATH 147 Finite Math
MATH 148 Business Calculus
CMST 220 Public Speaking
ENGL 244 American Literature I
ART 100 Art Appreciation
ECON 201 Micro Economics
ECON 202 Macro Economics
SOC 101 Intro to Sociology
POLS 202 American Government
MATH 146 Introduction to Stats
BIOL 100 Survey of Biology
GEOL 101 Intro Physical Geology
ACCT 201 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 202 Principles of Accounting II
ACCT 203 Principles of Accounting III
BUS 201 Business Law

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CBC CBE Web Page: Prospective Students

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Columbia Basin College CBE Business Program: Student Process
Enrolled Student – Business Transfer Major
Meet with advisor
to discuss degree
options
Complete CBE
Education Plan with
advisor if fit is good
Refer to CBE
Completion Coach
Take
SmarterMeasure
and review
Education Plan
Discuss results with
Completion Coach
Apply to CBE
Program
Student receives
CBE Acceptance
Letter with first
term course list
Registration contact
at college receives
course list
Matriculate in CBE
Program courses

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CBE Course Development:
Continuous Improvement Lifecycle
Course
Design
Course
Review
Instruction
Measure
Results
Recommend
Updates
Lumen Learning
System Faculty
Teaching Faculty
Teaching Faculty
Teaching Faculty
SBCTC
Lumen Learning
SBCTC
Lumen Learning

18. Develop CBE pedagogy SBCTC, Lumen
Specify competencies System Faculty
Publish competencies for review SBCTC, Lumen
Select and adapt open content System Faculty,
Lumen
Develop summative assessments Teaching Faculty
Build course Lumen
Milestone: Finalize course Teaching Faculty,
Lumen
Course Design Process

19. Enroll students Enrolling Institution
Interact with students Teaching Faculty,
Completion Coaches
Keep students on track Teaching Faculty,
Completion Coaches
Administer assessments, assign grades Teaching
Faculty
Course appears on transcript Enrolling Institution
Capture, analyze learning data SBCTC, Lumen
Milestone: Recommend Updates SBCTC, Lumen
Instructional Process

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Pedagogy
• Mastery learning structure
• Adaptive delivery
• Glue: How to integrate granular knowledge
• Assessing true mastery

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Online interactive with examples of how
the subject is used in the “real” world
Diagnostic assessment that adapts study
plan to the learner’s level of expertise
Skill that supports the student’s ability to
effectively perform the competency
Open Educational Resources mapped to
specific outcomes
OER
Formative
Assessment
Learning Outcome
OER
Formative
Assessment
OER
Formative
Assessment
Learning Outcome
Why it Matters
Show What You Know
Performance Assessment
Putting it Together
Competency
Learning Outcome
Automatically graded assessment items
that provide learners instant feedback
Detailed description of the performance
assessment task along with a worked,
annotated example
Human/expert graded authentic
assessment that allows student to
demonstrate expertise in the competency
Course Building Blocks / Macro-level Design

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Resources
• CBE Pilot Web Site + Repository: http://cbewa.org
• Recommended CBE Resources:
 Bloom, Benjamin (1984). “The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for
Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring.”
Educational Researcher, 13:6 (4-16)
http://web.mit.edu/5.95/readings/bloom-two-sigma.pdf
 CompetencyWorks http://www.competencyworks.org/
 CBEN http://www.cbenetwork.org/competency-based-education/
 CAEL http://www.cael.org/what-we-do/competency-based-education
 U of Wisconsin: http://flex.wisconsin.edu/

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To-Do List
• Fill out your contact information:
 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VT
ISDkuQsT9vsBe0TCdQR6i3ZJyHQBnRkKuO
WB7PmM/edit?usp=sharing
• Next meeting Wednesday, March 25, 1:30
PST. Invitation to follow

24. Q&A